Extremely thin gold layers on gilded silver threads

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Tronner, Kate ^a   Nord, Anders G ^a   Sjöstedt, Jennie ^a   Hydman, Hubert ^a  

^a National Heritage Board   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; TEXTILES; THIN FILMS;

THIN GOLD LAYERS;

GOLD;

GOLD; TEXTILES; THREADS;

EID: 0036444065     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2002.47.2.109     Document Type: Article

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